Handle for one-mah crosscut-saws



W. M. RUGGLES.

HANDLE FOR ONE MAN CROSSCUT SAWS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 26. 1918.

1,312,425. Patented Aug. 5,1919.

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HANDLE FOR ONE-MAN CROSSCUT-SAWS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedAug. 5, 1919.

Application filed November 26, 1918. Serial No. 264,208.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WELLS M. RUeGLEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wakefield, in the county of Gogebic and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Handles for One-Man Crosscut-Saws; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, ref erence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in one-man cross cut saws and the object in View is to produce a simple and efficient device of this character to take the place of the usual handle secured to the end of the saw, and an auXilia handle attached to the back near one on and affording means whereby the saw may be operated to push and pull as required for sawin satisfactorily and at the same time afior in means for feedin or forcing the cut to its llest capacity wit out the necessity of a supplementary handle.

The invention consists of other details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this application and in which:

Fi re 1 is a side elevation showing the attac ment of my handle to the end of a cross out saw.

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view, and

Fig. 3 is a detailed view of the bolt used in holding the handle to the saw.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter:

A designates a cross cut saw having holes B therein at any suitable locations and to which the handle is adapted to be anchored. The handle is designated by letter D and is of cylindrical form, and H is a tubular shell concaved at one end and which contacts with the convexed surface of the handle, and R is a bolt passing through a transverse aperture in the handle and said shell, and its end is bent to form a hook R, designed to en age a hole B formed in the saw blade. sald tubular shell is provided with a slot in one end, the bottom of the slot designated by letter O and which is diagonal with reference to the length of the tubular shell, and against which bottom the edge of the saw is adapted to be held. Said bolt has a threaded portion at one end and is engaged by a winged nut T, and interposed between the nut and the handle is a Washer S the outer face of which is flat and the inner face concave to conform to the convexed surface of the handle which it engages.

In adjusting the handle to the saw in the manner shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the tubular member is placed over the back of the saw and the rear edge of the saw contacts with the inclined bottom of the slot. The bolt is inserted through the handle in the tubular shell and its hooked end thereof made to engage the hole B, after which the washer is placed over the bolt and the nut fitted to the threaded end of the latter and when tightened the slotted end of the shell is held securely and frictionally against the saw with the handle disposed at the angle illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

In Fig. 2 the handle is shown as held in a slightly different position relative to the saw, but merely being a different adjustment of the same.

By the provision of a handle made in accordance with my invention, the push and pull to the saw may be easily regulated. While I have shown a particular way in which the handle may be attached to the saw, it will be understood that it may be attached in different positions if desired, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim to be new is:

An attachment for cross cut saws, comprising an open ended, cylindrical, tubular shell, having diametrically opposite slots of different depths formed in one end, the bottoms of the slots being in alinement and inclined, one end of the shell being concaved, a cylindrical handle engaged by the concaved end of the shell, said handle being transversely apertured, a rod having a threaded portion passed through the aperture in the handle and through said shell provided with a hook for engagement with In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my an aperture in the saw, the shank portion signature in presence of two Witnesses.

of said rod beinvlaterally bent and a, nut

fitted to the threaded end of the rod and WELLS RUGGLES' adapted to hold the shank portion of said Witnesses:

saw in the slots and the edge of the saw ANDREW F. OLsoN, against the inclined bottoms of the slots. EDWIN F. W. NEIDHOLD.

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